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We All Scream for ICE CREAM
Jul 01, 2020
3 minutes
by Jennifer Sneed
art by Paulina Wyrt
Americans have always loved ice cream. President George Washington loved it so much that he owned 10 ice-cream-making pots. But back in 1776, ice cream was a rare dessert for the rich. No one had refrigerators, and sugar and ice were very expensive.
So how did Washington get his ice cream? In winter, he sent out teams of workers to cut blocks of ice from frozen ponds. Big sleds hauled the ice
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